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Meet Rachel Edwards, who is Jamaican-Nigerian, from Oxfordshire

By |July 19th, 2019|Categories: Stories|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

I was born in Truro, Cornwall. My dad comes from Nigeria, and my mum is from Jamaica. I define my ethnicity as Jamaican-Nigerian, or more broadly Black British and [...]

Meet Sethina, who is mixed Ghanaian and British

By |July 8th, 2019|Categories: Stories|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I was born in Accra, Ghana, and lived there until I was 3. My mother is from Bristol and the south west, as were my grandparents Hugh and Sonia. [...]

Meet Nick from Buckfastleigh: The family moves out of London

By |July 5th, 2019|Categories: Stories|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

My maternal grandfather was a white, working-class, London man made good. He was born in 1901; patriotic, racist, paternal, homophobic and sexist. He voted Conservative. But he was also [...]

Meet Lee-Ann, who’s mixed race and lives in Exeter

By |May 1st, 2019|Categories: Stories|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Lee-Ann was born in Malawi, Africa. She is of mixed Asian, European and African heritage. Both her parents are from Malawi. On her mum’s side her grandmother was of [...]

Meet Dan’s mum Dareth, who’s black British and lives in Stroud

By |April 24th, 2019|Categories: Stories|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I live in Stroud, Gloucestershire, which is a rural town about 10 miles from Gloucester. I define myself as black, born in England to black Jamaican parents. I was [...]

Meet Dan, who’s mixed race and comes from Stroud

By |April 24th, 2019|Categories: Stories|Tags: , , , , , |

I’m mixed race (White and Black Caribbean) and I was born in Lewisham, where I’m currently studying at Goldsmiths. My mum’s family, who were Jamaican, grew up in Stroud, [...]